Meaning of “I Love” by Joyner Lucas

“I Love” is a 2018 song by American rapper, singer and songwriter Joyner Lucas. This song finds Lucas talking about the things he loves. However, in doing this, he lets his haters/detractors know that he is not someone to be played with.

The song has the same theme that runs throughout the album (ADHD) on which this track can be found. And what’s this theme? In a Twitter post a few days before the release of the track, Lucas shed some light on the album. In the post, he said the project is his “big F*** YOU” to all the people who doubted his abilities to succeed in the music industry. He added that it was also “big F*** YOU” to everyone who deliberately stood in his way and s**t on him on his way up. He ended his Twitter post by saying this “The kid with ‘ADHD’ did it”.

Facts about “I Love”

• Joyner Lucas penned this song.
•  Music producer, TheSkyBeats, handled the production of “I Love”.
• The track was unveiled on Zane Lowe’s renowned radio show Beats 1 on October 17th, 2018.
• This song was released few weeks after  “Lucky You” came out. “Lucky You” is a hit from Eminem’s 2018 album Kamikaze. This song, which features guest vocals from Lucas, was so successful it gave Lucas even more widespread exposure.
• “I Love” was released as the first single from ADHD. ADHD is Lucas’ second studio album. It also contains the highly controversial track “Devil’s Work“. 
• Officially, this track is Lucas’ fourth single release of 2018 as lead artist.

Did Joyner Lucas shoot a music video for “I Love”?

Yes, he did. As a matter of fact, he directed the music video himself. He did that along with Ben Proulx. The video was released on the same day the track itself was unveiled.